Tri-County health officials reported 61 more COVID-19 cases in Wednesday’s daily update, but for the second consecutive day, the region saw no new fatalities added to the death toll.
On the vaccination front, updated Illinois Department of Public Health figures indicated 1,525 additional doses were administered in the region, with 995 of those going to individuals receiving their second shot.
While the Tri-County death toll since the start of the pandemic remained at 553, the infection count increased to 34,060. Currently, 35 patients with COVID-19 are receiving care at Peoria-hospitals while 341 people are isolating at home.
Nearly 21% of the Tri-County’s 351,412 residents have gotten at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, with 98,816 total doses administered in the region. Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties combined have 26,056 people (7.41%) who are fully vaccinated. The area’s rolling seven-day average for doses administered stands at 2,371.
Illinois health officials announced 2,022 new coronavirus infections and 44 more fatalities, pushing the state’s tallies to 1,179,342 cases and 20,374 deaths since mid-March. The current seven-day positivity rate fell to 2.6%.
With 55,947 vaccine doses administered statewide since Tuesday, Illinois' total number of shots moved to 2,310,929. Second doses numbered 28,626 in the past day to raise the total of fully vaccinated residents to 619,480, or 4.86% of the population.
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